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Jan Tschichold - Coggle Diagram
Jan Tschichold
Life
Tschichold was the son of a provincial signwriter, and he was trained in calligraphy.
In 1919, he began in the class of Hermann Delitzsch a study on the "Leipzig Academy of the arts"
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in 1925 with the title of "Elemental Typography", he put together the new approaches in the form of a thesis
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he worked on the design of Penguin Books), Tschichold lived in Switzerland for the rest of his life. Jan Tschichold died in the hospital at Locarno in 1974.
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Works
Designs
Achievement
in 1927, his magnum opus Die neue Typographie is testimonial of his support for Modernism
The book is considered a manifesto of modern design which reflects Tschichold’s opinion of application of different typefaces. He condemned all typefaces in his work, except sans-serif or more commonly known as Grotesk in Germany
Works and life
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Blackletter Typography
His emphasis on new typography and sans-serif typefaces was deemed a threat to the cultural heritage of Germany, So Nazi seized his works
Quotes
the common mistake of the production of Books which are needlessly large, needlessly wide, and needlessly heavy.
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